Process of making carbids.



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men-m me forming part of Letters Patent No. cameo, ciateci August 20,1901. Minna filed can 27, 1901. Serial No. 53,137. (Nospecimenal To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY SPENCER BLACK- MORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at 206 Sonth Ninth avenue, Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new andnsefinl Improvements in Processes of Making Carbide; and I do hereby declare the follow ingto be a,fnll, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as .will enable others skilled in the art towhich itappertains to make andnse'the same. a I i I i The object ,of my invention i. s' to. prodnce carbids byehemical transformation;- and it s.

a cal-bid of which iskdesiredgtothe action of a earbid, thietlo el-of-whichhas greater atfim ity forgthe negative constituent of {the componnm'empioyen and heat. a i 1 f 1 ny iny'enfirelates; particularly to the prodnctionc 'gn'esinln (3&I;h'id, hilt isnot limited the? slimany other carbids may he iikewisepnofimcem f j -i.

in carrying ontmy intention .for' the pro notion-of inngliesinmcarbid I prefer to take a a mintnre ofsoiiinmfanrijpotassinm finorids nproportion of aboii't two carts, by weight, of theiotmer to one of the latter and heat the mixture .ina s ep -open receptacle until it as nannies a .molten-contli-tion, To this molten "ha-that? alkali fliioriris then md magnesium iluo'rid and calcium. carbid when a reaction' takes piace,' prod ueing magnesium carbid and ealcinm fluorid, which reaction may b'eillnsf tratethbythe'following chemicahformnla oreqnation a It is obvious that any other. compound: of magnesi nmv may be employed so long as the negative; constituent of which hasgreater affinity-for the base of the cal-bid and con- I tains no elements which would decompose the =carbid and prevent transformation. Ican nnced or compounds to be tiransforrnefi (loznpounols of other metalsmay be carbids as transforming agen ts. so iongas the of inert chemical saitsg as aforesa d;

consists in exposing ace-impound of the metal,

donblel chloride or other, haloidcomponnds, without departing from the spirit of my invention'so long as the diluting solvent oi: snep'cnc'iing molten bath is oi inert nature with reference to the carbine employed-on pro ployed to produce other carbide and at transformation takes place inja moiten bath Having now-described my inveniion, what Iciaizn new, and desire to secure by Letters, Patent, is

. l. process of making car'bidswhich consists in esgposing a metallic comgionnd. in

lat-molten bath to thejaction of a car-bid the base of which has greater affinity for the neg ative'constitnent of the compound employee. 2; The process of making metallic cal-bids which. consists in exposing a molten bath containing a metallic compound to the action ofa metallic carbid' the lease of which has a], greater .aziinity for the negative constituent of'themejtallic compound; employed.

3; The process of making metailic carbide which consists in exposing a molten oath containing a metallic haloid componnifi to the action of a 'carbid the carbonconetitnent of which has greater afiinity for the metallic base of the haloid compound 4:. The process ofmaking metallic carbids whiehconsists in exposing a molten bath con taining a metallic iinoriri to the action. of cal cinm carbici. i F 8o 5. The process of making magnesium car' bid which consists in exposing a molten bath containing magnesium fiuoricl to the action of calcium carbid.

Intestimony whereof I affix m in presence of two Witnesses. i

HENRY SPENCER BLACKMORE.

y signature 85 -Witnesses: I

WARREN C. STONE, V 0., O. WRIGHT; 

